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"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown..." Shakespeare said that. Now don't say we never taught you anything.

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Thank you We sneak Symbol's crowns I'll ashman start with

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julian of norwich Obviously jesus His crown of thorns is

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our first great So even just the image of the

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crown of thorns keys us into the tension with the

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crown imagery which is that not everyone who actually is

00:23

divine has a physical crown right often with people who

00:25

are divine have the most punishment So julian of norwich

00:29

is someone who is simon seeing is he seeing jesus

00:31

has crowned and seeing the kind of lack of a

00:34

physical kingly crown is really important And this is related

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Orinoco right Because orinoco is divest of his crown He

00:41

doesn't have the physical raymond's of a king but there's

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so much about him That is kingly nonetheless Right He's

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described as this like listening Beautiful person He has a

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royal bearing Everything he does is his crown wave have

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women who associate with royalty and that gives them more

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status Like veronica frank again Veronica franco never goes away

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She doesn't Also elizabeth importantly mentions that all of the

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soldiers have crown right This is another moment where the

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king leanness That rule is spread amongst the common people

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So this is a moment also when the crown itself

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is being contested should one person have a crown is

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that a symbol of tyranny or is that a symbol

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of righteousness Yeah so kind of giving everyone a crown

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is in between The interesting thing about giving everyone a

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crown is that it enforces a code of conduct That's

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The fascinating thing about it Their actions were never just

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the real anymore Does one need a physical crowd in

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order to be royal Is the crown a symbol of

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tyranny or of righteousness I have three gold crowns from 00:01:51.5 --> [endTime] late dentist

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